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Marjorie Greene pushed an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory in 2018 that a space laser ignited California's worst wildfire of all timeJanuary 28, 2021 at 11:48 PM Tags: Facebook, Politics, Congress, California, Washington, Trends, Cnn, Gop, House, Jerry Brown, Conspiracy Theories, Sandy Hook, Mccarthy, Democratic, George Soros, Kevin McCarthy 125 people like this. Like The QAnon Shaman says he's willing to testify at Trump's impeachment trial - against the presidentJanuary 28, 2021 at 11:24 PM Tags: Politics, Texas, Congress, Washington, Trends, Bbc, Fbi, Associated Press, Donald Trump, Trump, Capitol, CBS DFW, US Capitol, Jenna Ryan, Presidential Pardons, Julie Gerstein 128 people like this. Like Biden expected to appoint nuclear deal architect as US Iran envoyJanuary 28, 2021 at 11:32 PM Obama-era diplomat Robert Malley will face task of repairing ties that worsened under Trump after withdrawal from nuclear pactThe Biden administration is expected name Robert Malley, a former top adviser in the Obama administration, as special envoy for Iran, according to multiple sources.Malley was a key member of former Barack Obama’s team that negotiated the nuclear accord with Iran and world powers, an agreement that Donald Trump abandoned in 2018 in the face of strong opposition from Washin...Tags: Obama, Washington, Barack Obama, US news, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Nuclear Weapons, Biden, Donald Trump, Iran's Nuclear Programme, Iran Nuclear Deal, Trump, Malley, Robert Malley, US Iran, Biden Administration 15 people like this. Like Nintendo Claims All Players Can Wear Space Buns in Animal CrossingJanuary 28, 2021 at 11:00 PM Stardewleaf, an individual playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons that was viciously attacked by the outrage mob for daring to create a white character with the “space buns” hairstyle, recently returned to Twitter with an email from Nintendo Customer Support saying that players are allowed to wear whatever in-game items they want, regardless of race or […]Tags: Games, Politics, Internet, Racism, Nintendo, Hair, Anime, Hairstyles, Animal Crossing, Character Design, Nintendo Customer Support 43 people like this. Like What Should Employers Expect from the New Biden Administration?January 28, 2021 at 10:32 PM Did you hear the one about the two employment lawyers who walked into a Zoom?
If you know of a good punch line, then you may have figured out that the answer is actually a link: Employment law attorney Eric Meyer (who writes the always topical blog Employer Handbook) and I have a lunchtime webinar scheduled for Friday, January 28th at noon on all things employment law. You can find the link here.
Like most good Zoom sessions, we promise we won’t take ourselves too seriously. But we will try to ...Tags: Law, White House, Blog, Employment law, Meyer, Executive Order, Vaccines, Biden, Administration, Zoom, Discussion, Marty Mcfly, Eric, Eric Meyer, Legislative Developments, Emmett Brown 23 people like this. Like Arizona Republican introduced a bill to let state legislature overturn results in a presidential electionJanuary 28, 2021 at 11:42 PM Tags: Politics, US, Trends, Legislation, Joe Biden, Arizona, Republican, Election, Donald Trump, Charles Davis, Phoenix, State, PHOENIX Arizona, Arizona Republic, Ways Means Committee, Arizona Republican 87 people like this. Like Officials in the District of Columbia slapped down a proposal to install permanent fencing around the US CapitolJanuary 28, 2021 at 11:52 PM Tags: Post, Politics, Congress, Washington Post, Senate, White House, US, Trends, Joe Biden, Gop, Washington Dc, House, Capitol Hill, Nancy Pelosi, District Of Columbia, Donald Trump 71 people like this. Like Legendary Actress Cicely Tyson Dies at 96January 28, 2021 at 8:57 PM  Tags: Celebs, Movies, Entertainment, Barack Obama, Broadway, Pop Culture, Jazz, Black, Thompson, Tony, Cicely Tyson, Tyson, Larry Thompson, R.I.P, Celebrity Deaths, Louis Gossett 71 people like this. Like Sarah Sanders raises $1m in four days in run for Arkansas governorJanuary 28, 2021 at 9:02 PM Former Trump press secretary’s early haul signals how expensive the 2022 race could becomeThe former White House press secretary, Sarah Sanders, has raised more than $1m in the first four days of her bid for Arkansas governor, her campaign has said.Sanders announced on Monday she was running for Arkansas governor with a nearly eight-minute video that embraced former president Donald Trump, even as the Senate prepared for an impeachment trial on charges he incited the deadly riot at the US Capito...Tags: Senate, White House, US news, US politics, Arkansas, Donald Trump, Trump, Sanders, US Capitol, Sarah Sanders 13 people like this. Like A loophole might allow lawmakers to bring guns into the Capitol, but it's not a free pass to violate local lawsJanuary 28, 2021 at 9:09 PM Tags: Politics, Crime, News, Maryland, Guns, Law, Congress, Colorado, California, Washington, Senate, Virginia, US, Trends, C, Cnn 84 people like this. Like Marjorie Taylor Greene deleted past social media posts that endorsed fringe conspiracy theories after scrutinyJanuary 28, 2021 at 9:13 PM Tags: Facebook, Politics, Congress, California, Trends, Cnn, Fbi, Gop, United States, House, Capitol Hill, Las Vegas, Nancy Pelosi, Sandy Hook, Sen Dianne Feinstein, Education Committee 54 people like this. Like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez discusses the GameStop and Robinhood trading drama on TwitchJanuary 28, 2021 at 9:55 PM Tags: Politics, Congress, Trends, Markets, Gop, Reddit, Twitch, Robinhood, Cruz, Committee, Gamestop, Chamath Palihapitiya, Sen Ted Cruz, Tech Insider, Financial Services Committee, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 59 people like this. Like Biden Could Send Electric Vehicle Stocks SoaringJanuary 28, 2021 at 9:58 PM Electric vehicle stocks have soared to new records in the first month of 2021, and with Biden in the White House, the industry could be...Tags: White House, Biden 28 people like this. Like State’s choice of Blue Shield to take over vaccine distribution spurs questionsJanuary 28, 2021 at 8:07 PM  Tags: Politics, News, California, Kaiser Permanente, La, Sport, Public Health, Soccer, Healthcare, Long Beach, Kaiser, Vaccinations, Associated Press, Blue Shield, Oakland, Usc 104 people like this. Like Parents of Sandy Hook victims denounce Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican conspiracy theorist who said school shootings were stagedJanuary 28, 2021 at 9:03 PM Tags: Facebook, Politics, Congress, California, Trends, Georgia, Green, United States, House, Connecticut, Conspiracy Theorists, Nancy Pelosi, Republican, Donald Trump, Charles Davis, Sandy Hook 106 people like this. Like 2A Jeopardy: Biden ‘Committed’ to ‘Reform Court System’ Including SCOTUSJanuary 28, 2021 at 7:00 PM  Tags: Texas, Guns, Supreme Court, Congress, California, Washington, White House, US, Joe Biden, Fox, Fox News, Capitol Hill, Biden, District Of Columbia, Donald Trump, George W Bush 83 people like this. Like The Republican Party is in a 'no-win situation' after the Capitol riot, and lawmakers will be watching closely to see if Trump is losing his grip on the baseJanuary 28, 2021 at 6:27 PM Tags: Politics, New York, Obama, Republicans, Congress, Washington, Senate, White House, US, America, Trends, Gop, Nato, House, House Of Representatives, Mitch McConnell 142 people like this. Like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will discuss the GameStop and Robinhood trading drama with Chamath Palihapitiya on TwitchJanuary 28, 2021 at 7:02 PM Tags: Politics, Congress, Trends, Markets, Gop, Reddit, Twitch, Robinhood, Cruz, Committee, Gamestop, Chamath Palihapitiya, Sen Ted Cruz, Tech Insider, Financial Services Committee, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 85 people like this. Like Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking actress, dies at 96January 28, 2021 at 7:21 PM By Hillel Italie and Mark Kennedy | Associated PressNEW YORK — Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper's wife in "Sounder," a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers' hearts in "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," died Thursday at age 96.Tyson's death was announced by her family, via her manager Larry Thompson, who did not immediately provide additional details."With heavy heart, the family of Miss Cice...Tags: New York, Movies, News, White House, Barack Obama, Sport, Ap, Things To Do, Soccer, Obituaries, New York Times, Oscar, Broadway, Obituary, Associated Press, The New York Times 34 people like this. Like How Anthony Fauci Survived Donald TrumpJanuary 28, 2021 at 7:00 PM The new White House chief medical adviser explains what it was really like to work for an administration that tried constantly to undermine him.Tags: White House, Management, Donald Trump, Anthony Fauci 24 people like this. Like LA’s COVID-related financial problems to get worse before they get better, says city controllerJanuary 28, 2021 at 6:09 PM LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Controller Ron Galperin said Thursday that the city’s pandemic-related financial problems will likely get worse before they get better.
The city’s revenues decreased by 4% between July 1, 2019, and June 30 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while in the previous fiscal year, revenues increased by 13.7%, according to the Fiscal Year 2020 annual financial report the controller released Thursday.
The 2020 loss equates to $17.5 billion, attributed to the pandemic’s impact on tra...Tags: Politics, News, California, La, US, California News, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Local News, Fed, Top Stories LADN, Top Stories Breeze, Ron Galperin, Galperin, Coronavirus 29 people like this. Like It’s official: Mayor Wheeler adds Sam Adams to his teamJanuary 28, 2021 at 7:58 PM  Tags: Politics, Washington, Sport, Front Page, Cycling, Wheeler, Portland, Sam, World Resources Institute, City Hall, Adams, City Club, Sam Adams, Portland City Hall, Ted Wheeler, Jonathan Maus 84 people like this. Like Democrats in Congress will hold at least 2 hearings about Wall Street's practices following the GameStop short-squeezeJanuary 28, 2021 at 5:26 PM Tags: Politics, New York, Texas, Congress, Senate, Amc, Trends, House, Reddit, SEC, Michigan, Robinhood, Silver Lake, Gamestop, Vlad Tenev, Brown 72 people like this. Like Rep. Madison Cawthorn pivots from decrying a 'Free Speech' crackdown to plug his free shipping promo code on his merchandise websiteJanuary 28, 2021 at 5:34 PM Tags: Facebook, Politics, News, Congress, Trends, Cnn, Democrats, Gop, Fox News, Jack Dorsey, North Carolina, Donald Trump, Trump, Electoral College, GOP House, Pamela Brown 67 people like this. Like Democrats reject GOP bid to split up Biden’s $1.9T coronavirus relief planJanuary 28, 2021 at 5:59 PM By Lisa Mascaro and Josh Boak | Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress and the White House rejected a Republican pitch to split President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan into smaller chunks on Thursday, with lawmakers appearing primed to muscle the sweeping economic and virus aid forward without GOP help.
Despite Biden’s calls for unity, Democrats said the stubbornly high unemployment numbers and battered U.S. economy leave them unwilling to waste time courting Republ...Tags: Politics, News, Obama, Congress, Washington, Senate, White House, Sport, Joe Biden, Economy, Soccer, Gop, Wyoming, Maine, House, Treasury 47 people like this. Like Fudge Reveals Priorities as HUD Secretary in Senate Confirmation HearingJanuary 28, 2021 at 5:53 PM Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio), President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), sat for a confirmation hearing in the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, indicating that she may have an easier time being confirmed for the HUD leadership position than some political observers have anticipated.
While the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program was not specifically brought up over the course of the...Tags: Featured, Congress, Finance, Senate, White House, Georgia, Joe Biden, Pennsylvania, United States, Arkansas, House Of Representatives, Hud, Ohio, Republican, Cleveland, Donald Trump 22 people like this. Like Welcome to 10 Things in PoliticsJanuary 28, 2021 at 5:30 PM Hi everyone,Brent Griffiths here. On Monday, we'll be launching our 10 Things in Politics newsletter. Each weekday morning, I'll be taking you through the biggest stories in politics - led by the breaking news, in-depth investigations, and scoops my Insider colleagues are publishing every day. Here's a peek at the types of stories you can expect from 10 Things in Politics:Washington's response to the GameStop stock fracas is creating some odd bedfellows, though not all of those are going over we...Tags: Politics, Stephen Colbert, Washington, Newsletter, Trends, Indiana, Gop, Missouri, House, Nancy Pelosi, Gamestop, Pences, Brent Griffiths, Sen Josh Hawley, 10 Things In Politics, Republican Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene 3 people like this. Like Third stimulus check updates: Democrats to ‘act big’ on $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package as GOP wants plan splitJanuary 28, 2021 at 5:26 PM Democrats in Congress and the White House rejected a Republican pitch to split President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan into smaller chunks.Tags: Congress, White House, Joe Biden, Gop 4 people like this. Like LA Metro to spend $24 million to restore transit services cut by COVID-19January 28, 2021 at 5:19 PM LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors voted Thursday to reallocate about $24 million to restore transit service that was cut at the beginning of the pandemic.
“Restoring service to our riders — many of whom are essential workers — is simply the right thing to do,” Supervisor Janice Hahn said in a Twitter post.
The $24.3 million will be taken from the “Capital State of Good Repair” and “Other Operational Needs” categories and used to restore...Tags: Transportation, Politics, News, La, California News, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Mta, Long Beach, Metro, Pomona, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles City, Hahn, Hilda Solis 34 people like this. Like |
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